Meta said on Friday that it won't sign the European Union's new AI code of practice. The guidelines provide a framework for the EU's AI Act, which regulates companies operating in the European Union.

Meta has officially declined to sign the European Union’s voluntary AI Pact, highlighting growing friction between big tech companies and EU regulators. The announcement came on Friday as the bloc gears up to implement its sweeping AI Act.

Meta Platforms Inc. today declined to implement a set of guidelines that the European Union has proposed for the artificial intelligence sector. The guidelines are outlined in a document called the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice,